Ayush, Tanvi cruise ahead

Bengaluru: Top seeds Ayush Shetty and Tanvi Sharma moved into the round of 32 among boys and girls respectively at the Junior National Badminton Championships at the Karnataka Badminton Association here on Saturday.Ayush eased past Tahasif Khan 21-12, 21-6 in 25 minutes while Tanvi routed Driti A Bhonsle from Telangana 21-11, 21-12. Second seed Unnati Hooda of Haryana had it easy as well as she put out Ananya Gadgil 21-8, 21-13. Her state-mate and third seed Anmol Kharb scored a 21-19, 21-11 over Tamil Nadu’s Adarshini Shri NB. On a day when seeded players progressed with relative ease, Karnataka’s Muskaan Khan staged an upset, knocking out 11th seed Garima Kundu with a straight-game win at 21-19, 21-12. Jade Anil from the host state delivered a good show too, securing a 21-15, 21-11 victory over Raksha Kandasamy (Maharashtra) in 29 minutes to set up a date with 10th seed Mansa Rawat from Uttarakhand. The latter got the better of Anushree Venkatesh of Delhi 22-20, 21-13. Karnataka’s Neysa Cariappa, seeded 14th, defeated Medhavi Nagar 21-11, 21-14 to move into the next round.In the men’s competition, Karnataka’s Tushar Suveer, who has been seeded 12th, took 26 minutes to beat Neer Nehwal of UP, 21-15, 21-13 while sixth seed Ansh Vishal Gupta did not have much trouble beating Alex Debbarma from Tripura 21-13, 21-9 to book a round-of-32 berth.Select results (Round of 64): Boys: 1-Ayush Shetty (Kar) bt Tahsif Khan (Ori) 21-12, 21-6; 12-Tushar Suveer (Kar) bt Neer Nehwal (UP) 21-15, 21-13.; 5-Lokesh Reddy (Ts) bt Shanay Patel (Guj) 21-9, 21-14; 6-Ansh Vishal Gupta (UP) bt Alex Debbarma (Tpr) 21-13, 21-9; 10-Pranay Shettigar (Mah) bt Mankutaku (ANP) 21-8, 21-9; 8-Samarveer (Chg) bt Sarvesh Mahesh Yadav (Mah) 21, 13, 21-15; 3-Manraj Singh (Har) bt Lakshay Sharma (Pun) 21-17, 20-22, 21-8; 9-Rounak Chouhan (CG) bt Pranauv Ram N (TS) 21-19, 21-19.Girls: 1-Tanvi Sharma (PB) bt Driti A Bhonsle (TS) 21-11, 21-12; Jade Anil (Kar) bt Raksha Kandasamy (Mah) 21-15,21-11; 3-Anmol Kharb (Har) bt Adarshini Shri NB (TN) 21-19, 21-11; 10-Mansa Rawat (Utr) bt Anushree Venkatesh (Dli) 26-24, 21-14; 7-Devika Sihag (Har) bt Kavya Marvaniya (Guj) 21-17 21-16; Muskaan Khan (Kar) bt 11-Garima Kundu (Har) 21-19, 21-12; Neysa Cariappa (Kar) bt Medhavi Nagar (Har) 21-11, 21-14; Shriyanshi Valishetty (TS) bt Parul Choudhary (Raj) 21-18 21-14; Aarohi Coutoncar (Goa) bt Taneesha Singh 2-0 retd; 5-Shreya Lele (Guj) bt Rashmitha Donepudi (AP) 21-17, 11-21, 21-4; 9-Durga Isha Kandrapu (AP) bt Unnati Jaral (J&K) 2-20, 21-9; 6-Rujula Ramu (Kar) bt Manya Ralhan (Pun) 21-13, 21-10; Rakshitha Sree S (TS) bt 4-Aalisha Naik (Mah) 23-21, 21-18.
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